Zatania

Zatania is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.^[2] The genus is known from Central America and the Greater Antilles.^[3]

Zatania
Zatania albimaculata worker specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Lasiini
Genus:	Zatania LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012
Type species
Paratrechina cisipa
Diversity[1]
7 species

The generic name is derived from Greek za, "very", tany, "long", referencing its elongated body features.^[3]

Species

• Zatania albimaculata (Santschi, 1930)
• Zatania cisipa (Smith & Lavigne, 1973)
• Zatania darlingtoni (Wheeler, 1936)
• †Zatania electra LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012
• Zatania gibberosa (Roger, 1863)
• Zatania gloriosa LaPolla, Kallal & Brady, 2012
• Zatania karstica (Fontenla, 2000)